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Compressed air turns NZ trucker into human balloon
Associated Press ^
| May 24, 2011
Posted on 05/24/2011 6:59:35 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A New Zealand truck driver said he blew up like a balloon when he fell onto the fitting of a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock and forced air into his body at 100 pounds a square inch.
Steven McCormack was standing on his truck's foot plate Saturday when he slipped and fell, breaking a compressed air hose off an air reservoir that powered the truck's brakes.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: humanballoon; itsjustsex; milliontooneshot; windbag
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To: Free ThinkerNY
To: Free ThinkerNY
just in time for duke nukem gold!
ok... he may never have shoved an airhose into any aliens to blow them up.
it’s not that he wouldn’t, it’s just that duke’s never had an air hose handy
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05/24/2011 10:31:13 PM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: Maceman
“More beans?” “I’d say you’ve had enough.”
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posted on
05/24/2011 10:37:47 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Free ThinkerNY
“I fell on it, okay?”
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posted on
05/24/2011 10:38:48 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: null and void
Was just thinking the same. . .
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posted on
05/25/2011 12:10:39 AM PDT
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cricket
(Osama - NOT made in the USA. . . .and Obama, not madhttp://atlasshrugs2000e in the USA either.. .)
To: null and void
Was just thinking the same. . .
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posted on
05/25/2011 12:10:50 AM PDT
by
cricket
(Osama - NOT made in the USA. . . .and Obama, not madhttp://atlasshrugs2000e in the USA either.. .)
To: null and void
Was just thinking the same. . .
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05/25/2011 12:10:57 AM PDT
by
cricket
(Osama - NOT made in the USA. . . .and Obama, not madhttp://atlasshrugs2000e in the USA either.. .)
To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
“Million-to-one shot, doc. Million-to-one.” Exactly.
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05/25/2011 12:15:32 AM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
sounds like subcutaneous emphysema...usually it’s not too dangerous as long as the air doesn’t get into a major blood vessel.
we sometimes see it from lung injuries or people on respirators.
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05/25/2011 12:53:17 AM PDT
by
LadyDoc
(liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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